1929 Major League Baseball season

1929 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 16 – October 14, 1929
Regular Season
League Postseason
AL champions	Philadelphia Athletics
NL champions	Chicago Cubs
World Series
Champions	Philadelphia Athletics
Runners-up	Chicago Cubs

The 1929 Major League Baseball season.

Awards and honors

League Award
- Rogers Hornsby, Chicago Cubs, 2B

Statistical leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Lew Fonseca, CLE	.369	Lefty O'Doul, PHI	.398
HR	Babe Ruth, NYY	46	Chuck Klein, PHI	43
RBI	Al Simmons, PHA	157	Hack Wilson, CHC	159
Wins	George Earnshaw, PHA	24	Pat Malone, CHC	22
ERA	Lefty Grove, PHA	2.81	Bill Walker, NYG	3.09
Ks	Lefty Grove, PHA	170	Pat Malone, CHC	166

Major league baseball final standings

American League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1	Philadelphia Athletics	104	46	.693	–
2	New York Yankees	88	66	.571	18.0
3	Cleveland Indians	81	71	.533	24.0
4	St. Louis Browns	79	73	.520	26.0
5	Washington Senators	71	81	.467	34.0
6	Detroit Tigers	70	84	.455	36.0
7	Chicago White Sox	59	93	.388	46.0
8	Boston Red Sox	58	96	.377	48.0

National League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1	Chicago Cubs	98	54	.645	–
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	88	65	.575	10.5
3	New York Giants	84	67	.556	13.5
4	St. Louis Cardinals	78	74	.513	20.0
5	Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	.464	27.5
6	Brooklyn Robins	70	83	.458	28.5
7	Cincinnati Reds	66	88	.429	33.0
8	Boston Braves	56	98	.364	43.0

Memorable Moments

On August 11, Babe Ruth became the first player to hit 500 home runs.

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Bill Carrigan
Chicago White Sox	Lena Blackburne
Cleveland Indians	Roger Peckinpaugh
Detroit Tigers	Bucky Harris
New York Yankees	Miller Huggins Art Fletcher
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Dan Howley
Washington Senators	Walter Johnson

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	Emil Fuchs
Brooklyn Robins	Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs	Joe McCarthy
Cincinnati Reds	Jack Hendricks
New York Giants	Billy Southworth, Gabby Street and Bill McKechnie
Philadelphia Phillies	Burt Shotton
Pittsburgh Pirates	Jewel Ens
St. Louis Cardinals	Billy Southworth, Gabby Street and Bill McKechnie

External links

1929 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

1929 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1929 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891
NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920
Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941
World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945
Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Further expansion and birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Further expansion and wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

See also

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